About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Duties

Identify and makes recommendations to resolve gaps in the readiness reporting process, including developing specialized analytical techniques to accurately project cyber workforce resources. Report current, unobstructed, worldwide force/capability inventory and force/capability commitment, availability, and readiness, and demonstrates ability to readily discern and document the status of cyber forces. Monitor the CCDR’s ability to integrate and synchronize ready combat and support forces and capabilities to execute assigned missions. Ability to conduct military/contingency and crisis action planning for cyberspace operations to protect, detect and/or mitigate IT and cyberspace vulnerabilities. Reports current, unobstructed, worldwide force/capability inventory and force/capability commitment, availability, and readiness, and demonstrates ability to readily discern and document the status of cyber forces.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Three year trial/probationary period may be required.
• This is a Drug Testing Designated Position. This position is covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program.
• The incumbent may be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
• The incumbent must meet NSA personnel security requirements outlined in NSA/CSS Policy 5-1.
• The incumbent may be recalled to duty, may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, and may be required to work overtime.
• The employee must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET SCI clearance as a condition of employment and must complete a counterintelligence scope polygraph exam.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) Planning military cyberspace exercises and operations; 2) Coordinating efforts of computer network operators, network analysts, capability developers, or other technical leads to develop plans and procedures; 3) Collaborating with cyber operators, analysts, researchers, developers, testers, or staff members from outside the organization to identify requirements, assign resources and coordinate support; and 4) Performing network reconnaissance and vulnerability analysis to identify network strengths and vulnerabilities to plan/conduct cyberspace operations.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address KB-W6UXAA US ARMY CYBER COMMAND DO NOT MAIL Fort Meade, MD 20755 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk